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Locust Street, Great Neck Gardens, NY August 14, 2022Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Great Neck Gardens

32% of Great Neck Gardens’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1897 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
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What stands out about Great Neck Gardens’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Great Neck Gardens are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18976 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1979. Watch Great Neck Gardens change.Old housesHalf of Great Neck Gardens’ homes were built before 1948.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Great Neck Gardens’s history is told.

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On the map

Great Neck Gardens on the map, 1897 to 1979

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Great Neck Gardens. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Great Neck Gardens on the 1897 USGS mapGreat Neck Gardens on the 1900 USGS mapGreat Neck Gardens on the 1947 USGS mapGreat Neck Gardens on the 1954 USGS mapGreat Neck Gardens on the 1968 USGS mapGreat Neck Gardens on the 1979 USGS map1897Oyster Bay sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Great Neck Gardens.

The story

How Great Neck Gardens came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Great Neck Gardens.

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The Great Neck Gardens CDP was first created for the 2000 United States Census.

Like the rest of the Great Neck Peninsula, this area was historically known as Madnan's Neck.

The Allen family was one of the first European families to settle in the Great Neck area. They owned large portions of property (including farms) now located within modern-day Great Neck Gardens.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Great Neck Gardens, decade by decade

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Locust Street, Great Neck Gardens, NY August 14, 20222022Locust Street, Great Neck Gardens, NY August 14, 2022Allenwood Park, Great Neck Gardens, Long Island, New York B2021Allenwood Park, Great Neck Gardens, Long Island, New …Allenwood Park, Great Neck Gardens, Long Island, New York A2021Allenwood Park, Great Neck Gardens, Long Island, New …A Street in Great Neck Gardens, Long Island, New York2021A Street in Great Neck Gardens, Long Island, New York
People over time

Great Neck Gardens, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,40020002020Peak: 1,268

Between 1,089 and 1,268 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Great Neck Gardens’ Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Great Neck Gardens

Nobody well known was born in Great Neck Gardens itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Chris JerichoAmerican-Canadian professional wrestler · b. 1970
Billy CrudupAmerican actor · b. 1968
Sean SpicerAmerican political strategist and former White … · b. 1971
Danielle Louise MoinetAmerican model, American football player and pr… · b. 1983
Patrick McEnroeAmerican tennis player · b. 1966
David EigenbergAmerican actor · b. 1964
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Great NeckIts storyB−KensingtonIts storyB

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.